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New York Times, Monday, June 30, 1997

Author:
Peter Gordon
Editor:
Will Shortz
18-Down : Some college students
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Peter Gordon

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JX} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 21 for Mr. Gordon. Monday freshness: 64%
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© 1997, The New York Times6/30/97 ( No. 17,401 )
Across
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Throat-clearing sound : AHEM
5
Fencing weapon : SWORD
10
Actress Rowlands : GENA
14
Exploding star : NOVA
15
Singer Page : PATTI
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Fairy tale's second word : UPON
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St. Paul and Minneapolis : TWINCITIES
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Require : NEED
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Comedians Bob and Chris : ELLIOTTS
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In a wise manner : SAGELY
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Lawyer's charge : FEE
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"Gee!" : GOSH
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Sweatshirt part, perhaps : HOOD
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Flush beater : FULLHOUSE
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Writer Bellow and others : SAULS
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Place for a pimento : OLIVE
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Not the swiftest horse : NAG
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Posterior : HIND
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"Death Be Not Proud" poet : DONNE
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Opera star : DIVA
38
Dog breeder's org. : AKC
39
Imply : GETAT
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Doled (out) : METED
41
Leaders of hives : QUEENBEES
43
Like some tea : ICED
44
Praise : LAUD
45
Santa ___, Calif. : ANA
46
Refuse to acknowledge responsibility for : DISOWN
49
Post-marathon feeling : SORENESS
54
Quickly, in memos : ASAP
55
Southern crop, from an economic standpoint : KINGCOTTON
57
Writer Grey : ZANE
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Writer Zola : EMILE
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Humorist Bombeck : ERMA
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Got a good look at : EYED
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Saw socially : DATED
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Profound : DEEP
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Pot starter : ANTE
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Loud laugh : HOWL
3
More than devilish : EVIL
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Part of a car's exhaust system : MANIFOLD
5
Malice : SPITE
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Light bulb unit : WATT
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Elevator inventor : OTIS
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Road map abbr. : RTE
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Liquefy : DISSOLVE
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Very enthusiastic : GUNGHO
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Fencing weapon : EPEE
12
Christmas song : NOEL
13
Raggedy Ann's friend : ANDY
18
Some college students : COEDS
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Tennis great Arthur : ASHE
24
Quick flashes of light : GLINTS
25
17-syllable poem : HAIKU
26
Precious metal unit of weight : OUNCE
27
Paid, as a bill : FOOTED
28
Arm bones : ULNAE
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Come together : UNITE
30
Backed up on disk : SAVED
31
"Holy cow!" : EGAD
32
The N.B.A.'s O'Neal, familiarly : SHAQ
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Exposed as false : DEBUNKED
37
Poured wine into another container : DECANTED
39
Chew : GNAW
40
Actor Sal : MINEO
42
Ran for one's wife? : ELOPED
45
Moved like a shooting star : ARCED
46
Stun : DAZE
47
British exclamation : ISAY
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Having all one's marbles : SANE
49
Tizzy : SNIT
50
Leer at : OGLE
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To be, in Bordeaux : ETRE
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Not all : SOME
53
Jacket fastener : SNAP
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The Monkees' "___ Believer" : IMA

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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